Phoronix article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026
Also listed here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware
Valve has already sent support for the new Steam Controller upstream: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Steam-Controller-SDL
Exactly right. And this is driving my point. There are options. If you don't like one option, try something else.
Pretty much every controller design has positives and negatives that change depending on who is using the controller. I enjoy the xbox one/series controllers for the most part, and they're fairly reliable and my usual go to. I also have a dual shock somewhere that I don't really use, and a stadia controller that was patched to work with anything, which gets more action than the dual shock, but not nearly as much as the Xbox controllers.
I usually play with kb/mouse, so controllers are already pretty rare in my gaming experience, but they make an appearance from time to time.
With these new steam controllers, I might see a good reason to use a controller more frequently.... Especially if I can afford the $900+ that the steam machine will probably cost.... They said it would be "competitively" priced in relation to PCs, not consoles. So I'm expecting $900+ right now. Time to start saving.